GLOSSARY.

REWARD, Ps. 31. 26, to punish; lit. to pay one's due to; so Heb. The original sense of the word ' reward' is to mark or heed, as a lord who observes a vassal, and regards him as worthy of honour or punishment; O.Fr. rewarder ( now regarder, to look).

RID, Ps. 71. 1, to deliver; M. E. ridden; O.E. hreddan.

Rydde me and deliver me thorow thy rightuousnesse. Coverdale.

RIGHT, Ps. 30. 8& 46. 5& 53. 8, very; cp. the titles Right Reverend, Right Honourable.

Then shoulde Jacob rejoiyse, and Israell should be ryght glad. Mathew, Ps. 53. 8. RIGHTEOUSLY, XII.,' evils that we most righteously have deserv­ed,' justly; righteous= M. E. rightwis; O.E. rihtwis.

RITES, XXIX. 20& 34, religious ceremonies; Lat. ritus, a reli­gious observance; a very old term belonging to religious language among the Romans. It frequently occurs in the Vulg.

ROCHET, xxXVII.( Bishops), a linen garment worn by bishops; O.Fr. rochet; Low Lat. rochetum( Du­cange); cp. O.H.G. roch, hroch, a garment.

ROD, Ps. 110. 2,' the rod of thy power,' i.e. thy powerful sceptre, the emblem of royal power; see Cheyne.

The Lord shal send the rod of thy power out of Zion. Geneva.

O.E. rod, a rod, pole, gallows,

cross.

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ROGATION, VIII.; XXIX. 35, Ro­gation Sunday,'' Rogation Days,' the Sunday and the three days before Ascension Day, set apart to be observed by processional prayers and fastings; Eccles. Lat. rogationes, processional prayers ( Ducange), from Lat. rogare, to ask. The old English term for this season was Gang- days, i.e. procession days; see Cotgrave, s. v. Rouaisons.

ROOM, Ps. 31. 9,' in a large room;' see LARGE; 17 Tr. g,' the chief rooms, R.V.; seats; so the highest room, the chief seat; so R.V.;' the lowest room,' the lowest place; so R.V.

RUBRICK, I.; xv., a rule in the Prayer Book, so called because in old times usually written in red letters; Late Lat. rubrica, a title or a rule written in red, from Lat. ruber, red.

RUNAGATES, Ps. 68. 6, rebellious; so R.V.

I wyll not playe the runagate and goe everywhere, but I retourne agayne to my father. Udall's Erasmus( W.B.W.).

Cp. M.E. renegat; O.Fr. renegat, a renegade, an apostate; Late Lat. renegatus, one who denies his religion( Ducange), from rene­gare, to deny.

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SABA, Ps. 72. 10, Seba in R.V., generally identified with Meroë, the chief town of Cush or Ethi­opia; see Aids( art. ETHNOLOGY); cp. Isa. 43. 3; Saba( Vulg.) Zaßá, LXX. and Josephus; Heb. Sebha'.

SABAOTH, 1x.( Te Deum),' Lord God of Sabaoth,' of hosts, armies; cp. Vulg. Rom. 9. 29; James 5. 4, Dominus Sabaoth= Σαβαώθ ( LXX.) from the Hebrew. Je­hovah was called the Lord of Armies,' as ruler of the heavenly hosts, the stars, of the minister­ing spirits, the angels, of the It armies of His people Israel. was a title equivalent to' the God of heaven,'' the Almighty.' It is often rendered in the LXX. by παντοκράτωρ, almighty.

SABBATH, xv.; XVIII., the day of rest( Ex. 20. 10); Lat. sabbatum ( Vulg.); cáßßara, pl.( LXX.); Heb. shabbath, rest; cp. Fr. sa­medi, Saturday, representing Late Lat. sabba( ti) dies. SACKCLOTH, Ps. 30. 12& 35. 13, coarse stuff made of hair- cloth worn during mourning; Lat. saccus, a sack( Vulg.); JáKKOS ( LXX.) Heb. sak( Gen. 37. 34).

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SACRAMENT, XXIX. 25, 26, 28, 29, 35, a sacred rite ordained by Christ himself; see p. 255; Late Lat. sacramentum, a sacred rite; also specially, one of the more solemn rites of the Gospel and the Church. In Vulg. sacramen­tum= μvorýplov, mystery( Rev.